MagaSwaga Potent Notables

Notable: Lanny Davis' Cohen/DJT Tweets.

>>6238036

All four numbered by/from Lanny Davis.

Notable: >>6237947 Nadler to subpoena for unredacted Mueller report today.

https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1119213358488674304

Notable: US Marines Tweet: "House of the Rising Sun"

U.S. Marines

@USMC

The great light rises upon the waters

House of the Rising Sun

Lance Cpl. Alexander Weston and Lance Cpl. Jose Gonzalez sit on their Utility Terrain Vehicles during a training event at

@BalikatanEX

.

https://twitter.com/USMC/status/1119209029375541249

Notable: DJT Tweet: "Statements are made about me by certain people in the Crazy Mueller Report, in itself written by 18 Angry Democrat Trump Haters, which are fabricated & totally untrue…"

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1119211274712375297

…agreed to testify, it was not necessary for me to respond to statements made in the “Report” about me, some of which are total bullshit & only given to make the other person look good (or me to look bad). This was an Illegally Started Hoax that never should have happened, a…

Notable: Facebook quietly confirms millions of unencrypted Instagram passwords exposed.

Apr 19, 2019, 03:23am

Facebook Quietly Confirms Millions Of Unencrypted Instagram Passwords Exposed – Change Yours Now

Davey Winder

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/04/19/facebook-quietly-confirms-millions-of-unencrypted-instagram-passwords-exposed-change-yours-now/#66bdaa764453

Hot on the heels of Instagram users being warned about hackers stealing passwords, more password insecurity issues have been disclosed. This time involving Instagram itself. Here's what has happened, and why every Instagram user should change their password now.

What happened?

Last month, Facebook admitted that "some user passwords" were being stored in plain text and went on to state that this included "tens of thousands" of Instagram users. In an update to that original statement posted yesterday, Facebook has confirmed that actually that estimate was a little low. "We now estimate that this issue impacted millions of Instagram users" according to Pedro Canahuati, vice-president of engineering, security and privacy of Facebook, who continued "our investigation has determined that these stored passwords were not internally abused or improperly accessed."

Worrying delay

The fact that it took a month to discover, or at least to disclose, that millions of Instagram user passwords were exposed this way is worrying. As is the fact that the disclosure, when it finally came, arrived quietly as an update to the month old statement rather than as a new notification. Karissa Bell, writing for Mashable, points out that "It's equally troubling that the company would wait for one of the most momentous political events in recent memory to disclose the information" referring to the Mueller report.

What now?

At this point there is no indication of how long those unencrypted passwords have been stored like this, nor how many employees had access to them. For this reason alone, I recommend that every Instagram user doesn't hang around and wait to see if you get an official notification informing you that your password was one of them. Instead, there are two things that you should do right now:

1. Change your Instagram password immediately. To do this go to your Instagram profile and click on the hamburger top right of screen. Select Settings>Privacy and Security>Password. Enter your current password and then enter your new password. Ensure your new password is random and complex, including upper and lower cases, numbers and special characters. Using password manager software makes generating, storing and using such passwords both easy and secure.

2. Enable two-factor authentication for your Instagram account. This is best done using codes from an application such as Google Authenticator. Go to your profile and that hamburger menu again. From the Privacy and Security settings option, select Two-Factor Authentication. Click on the Get Started option and follow the instructions there.

Notable: Nissan slams output cut report as 'completely incorrect'

Nissan slams output cut report as 'completely incorrect'

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(Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co Ltd said on Friday a report by the Nikkei that it would slash production this year was “completely incorrect” and that it had lodged a complaint with the business daily, in an unusually strong denial of a media report in Japan.

The comment came after the Nikkei, revered in Japan for its business news and known for its market-moving scoops and previews, said Nissan would cut its global production by about 15 percent for the current fiscal year ending March 2020.

The move would mark a shift away from the aggressive expansion campaign promoted by ousted former Chairman Carlos Ghosn, the Nikkei said.

“The details reported in this story are completely incorrect, and Nissan has voiced its strong objection to the Nikkei,” the Japanese automaker said in a statement posted on its website.

“Nissan’s production plan for the current fiscal year will be disclosed on May 14, when the company announces its financial results for the previous fiscal year,” said the maker of the Rogue sport-utility vehicle and Altima sedan.

The Nikkei, which also owns Britain’s Financial Times newspaper, confirmed it had received the complaint from Nissan. It said it would continue to cover the issue and promptly report all the facts once they become clear.

The newspaper had earlier reported that Nissan aimed to produce about 4.6 million units in fiscal 2019, citing plans being communicated to the automaker’s suppliers. The move was likely to impact earnings and could cast a pall over Nissan’s alliance with French automaker Renault SA, the Nikkei said without elaborating.

That would be the steepest production cut in more than a decade by the Japanese automaker, as it battles weak sales in overseas markets including the United States where it plans to scale back sales operations, according to the Nikkei.

Earlier this year, Nissan, which has been battling falling sales, lowered its operating profit forecast for the current fiscal year to 450 billion yen ($4 billion), 22 percent lower than a year earlier. It would be Nissan’s lowest profit since 2013.

Japanese companies typically respond to media reports by saying they were not the source of the information and, depending on the content of the report, that they may be considering various options and that nothing had been decided.

It is rare for a Japanese firm to say it has issued a strong rebuke to a media outlet.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nissan-ghosn/nissan-slams-output-cut-report-as-completely-incorrect-idUSKCN1RV039

Notable: James Comey: Twig Tweet>

What is he saying here?

https://twitter.com/Comey/status/1119049878347423745

Notable: Dig on Bill O'Keefe (migrant NGO)

Digg on Bill O’Keefe, Catholic Relief Services

Re: #7974 [ >>6236041 ]

https://www.crs.org/expert/bill.okeefe#bio

https://qresear.ch/?q=o%27keefe

Notable: Fox: Interest in 2020 race already at election day levels.

FOX NEWS POLL: Interest in 2020 race already at Election Day levels, voters say

More than three quarters of voters are already interested in the 2020 presidential election, including over half, 52 percent, who are “extremely” interested, according to the latest Fox News Poll. That matches interest levels typically seen only in the last weeks before Election Day

The enthusiasm is on both sides. Fifty-seven percent of voters who supported Hillary Clinton in 2016 are “extremely” interested in the upcoming election, as are 57 percent of Donald Trump voters, and two-thirds of self-identified “very conservatives” (67 percent) and “very liberals” (65 percent).

Democratic primary voters are upbeat about many of their options. Nearly 8 in 10 would be satisfied with Joe Biden (78 percent) or Bernie Sanders (75 percent) winning the nomination, while 6 in 10 would be happy with Kamala Harris or Elizabeth Warren (each 61 percent).

Compare that to 53 percent who would be satisfied if the nominee were Beto O’Rourke, 50 percent Cory Booker, 43 percent Pete Buttigieg, 38 percent Julian Castro or Kirsten Gillibrand, or 34 percent Amy Klobuchar. Still, there is room for opinions to change for these candidates, as at least 3 in 10 primary voters don’t know enough about each to have an opinion.

>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-interest-in-2020-already-at-election-day-levels

Notable: Iran: Intelligence Ministry identifies CIA network in Iran.

Another blow to intelligence.

https://en.mehrnews.com/news/144289/Intelligence-Ministry-identifies-CIA-network-in-Iran-region

Notable: Theresa May donned a yellow vest to help marshal a Good Friday run.

They Want You DIVIDED!

Q

!CbboFOtcZs

20 Jun 2018 - 11:06:05 AM

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They want you DIVIDED!

They call us names.

They make threats.

They censor.

They lie.

They project.

They cheat.

They steal.

They harm.

They are sick.

They are evil.

At some point the streets (for them) will not be safe.

Q

Theresa May dons a hi-vis vest and hands out water to thirsty runners as she takes a break from Brexit to help marshal a Good Friday race in her Maidenhead constituency

Theresa May donned a yellow vest today as she took a break from Brexit to help marshal a Good Friday race in her Maidenhead constituency.

The Prime Minister was in good spirits as she joked around with other helpers while handing out water to thirsty runners at the Easter 10 race.

She also shared selfies with spectators before directing the competitors, sharing the odd high-five as they passed by.

The Prime Minister was in good spirits as she joked around with other helpers while handing out water to thirsty runners at the Easter 10 race.

Mrs May donned a marshal's yellow vest as she helped direct runners at the Maidenhead Easter 10 event

Mrs May has just come back from a walking holiday in the Welsh mountains with her husband, Philip, as Parliament continues its Easter recess after Britain was granted a delay to leaving the EU.

Her spokesman denied she would use the trip to plot a new election as an escape - as she did on her last holiday at Easter 2017.

Back at Westminster the race to replace the PM is hotting up, with Tory rivals including Boris Johnson, Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt jostling for position to take the top spot.

The leadership hopefuls were yesterday warned by Britain's former EU ambassador against pledging to tear up Mrs May's Brexit deal, as this would 'wreck any prospect' of a future trade pact with the EU.

Sir Ivan Rogers, who stood down from his role in January 2017, said he was a 'little bit surprised' the UK was not further down the exit process as he spoke to BBC Two's Newsnight programme.

He said the public still do not know what the Prime Minister thinks, and would not say if he would vote for her deal if he was an MP, saying it was 'difficult to see a path through' the current negotiations to a short-term solution.

Mrs May - seen at the Maidenhead run - has just come back from a walking holiday in the Welsh mountains with her husband, Philip

Mrs May directs runners during the Maidenhead 10-kilometre run, which took place in pleasant spring conditions

The Tory leader shared high-fives with several of the runners as they passed by along the route

On who should succeed her as Conservative leader, he said the party will likely want a 'true believer' to take over.

He said: 'If various candidates make pledges as to the future direction of the Brexit talks, what they would do in phase two, that will essentially wreck any prospect of phase two succeeding.

'So if people were to give commitments, saying 'when I'm in power, if you give me this job, I will reopen the Withdrawal Agreement', and indicate we can't possibly accept the backstop and take a much more robust and bellicose position with Brussels - well, that leads fairly inexorably to a breakdown of the talks.'

The Tories are also gearing up to fight the European elections, with two MEPs campaigning for a second referendum among those re-selected as candidates.

Mrs May has said she is determined to get a Brexit deal through Parliament before the elections so that voting can be cancelled, but this is looking increasingly unlikely. A heavy defeat would likely precipitate calls for Mrs May to quit.

Mrs May shares a selfie with locals before helping out during today's run, which comes during Parliament's Easter recess

Mrs May walking along the route of the run with her husband, Philip, who recently joined her for a walking holiday in Wales

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6939711/Theresa-dons-hi-vis-vest-hands-water-thirsty-runners.html

Notable: >>6237641 Reminder: Clapper is pointing his finger at Obama re: Manafort wiretap.

Who signed the Fisa Warrants?

Were they even presented to FISC Court?

What if Clapper is not lying (as linked) and he never saw the FISA Warrents because they did not exist.

Declas of unapproved FISA warrants would be a bomb.

Earlier this week CNN reported what radio talk show host (and former Justice Department official) Mark Levin revealed in March, that secret FISA court orders had been implemented during the Obama Administration to wire tap Paul Manafort. Mediaite then pointed out that the former Director of National Intelligence under President Obama, James Clapper, had unequivocally denied the existence of any such FISA wiretap during an interview on Meet the Press:

CHUCK TODD: Yeah, I was just going to say, if the F.B.I., for instance, had a FISA court order of some sort for a surveillance, would that be information you would know or not know?

JAMES CLAPPER: Yes.

TODD: You would be told this?

CLAPPER: I would know that.

TODD: If there was a FISA court order–

CLAPPER: Yes.

TODD: –on something like this.

CLAPPER: Something like this, absolutely.

TODD: And at this point, you can’t confirm or deny whether that exists?

CLAPPER: I can deny it.

Notable: More charges could be coming 'in the near future' in college admissions case.

NOTABLE

More charges could be coming 'in the near future' in college admissions case

Federal prosecutors say more arrests could come soon in their investigation of a large-scale college admissions bribery and cheating ring, with a number of defendants already charged in a sealed complaint.

Hints about additional cases are sprinkled in various court filings since the U.S. attorney in Boston announced the first 50 people charged in the scheme last month. Those defendants include include college consultant Rick Singer, college coaches, atheltics administrators, test proctors – and the wealthy parents of college-bound students.

But an unspecified number of other defendants already face charges that federal prosecutors say will be unveiled "in the near future." Prosecutors typically ask that charges against suspects who haven't been arrested remain under seal.

U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling has signaled from the beginning that their investigation is ongoing.

Singer, a private college consultant based in Newport Beach, California, has pleaded guilty to a decade-long scheme to help parents buy their way into prestigious colleges, either by bribing coaches to recruit them as athletes or test proctors to cheat on college admissions tests.

Affidavits filed in the cases suggest that the scope of college cheating went far beyond the 33 parents already charged.

► Singer said he's used some version of the scam to get almost 800 students into prestigious colleges and universities. "So I did 761 what I would call, 'side doors,' he told one parent last year.

► Prosecutors say Singer earned more than $25 million from the scheme. But the amounts accounted for in court filings total less than $6 million of that income.

► The earliest criminal activity alleged in court filings dates back to 2008, but most of the cases charged are from admissions in just the last two years.

https://www.usatoday.com/amp/3425625002

Notable: Riots have erupted in Northern Ireland after amid reports of police raids on ammunition caches.

Northern Ireland riots in pictures: Unrest erupts in Ulster amid 'TERROR INCIDENT'

RIOTS have erupted in Northern Ireland after amid reports of petrol bombs being thrown at local police.

Londonderry: Police launch murder enquiry after death in riots

Reports of disturbances in Londonderry - also known as Derry - were reported on Thursday night in the Creggan area of the city. While police have appealed for “calm” there have been reports of shots being fired and petrol bombs being thrown. The reports come after trouble broke out following police raids on houses in the Mulroy Park and Galliagh areas.

Police superintendent Alan Hutton said: “We are currently responding to reports that a member of the public has been injured and I would appeal for calm.”

In this picture, rioters throw petrol bombs at police cars on the Creggan estate.

The masked rioters can be seen throwing the petrol bombs at police as events continue to unfold.

The picture also confirms that cars have been hijacked and burnt out as violence erupts on the streets of Londonderry.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1116239/Northern-Ireland-news-Derry-riot-live-updates-London-PSNI-terror-Creggan-photos

Notable: Christian pilgrims march through Jerusalem for Good Friday.

Christian pilgrims march through Jerusalem for Good Friday

JERUSALEM – Thousands of Christian pilgrims and clergy members are marching through the ancient alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City, retracing Jesus' path to crucifixion in observation of Good Friday.

The faithful carried wooden crosses on their shoulders and sang hymns to mark one of Christianity's holiest days.

The march launched from the Monastery of the Flagellation, where tradition says Jesus was flogged, continued down the cobblestone Via Dolorosa and will conclude at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where Catholic and Orthodox Christians believe Jesus was buried before his resurrection on what is celebrated as Easter Sunday.

This year's confluence of Good Friday and the Jewish holiday of Passover has led to a festive atmosphere in Jerusalem. Jewish residents rushed to complete their preparations for the ritual of Seder dinner Friday night.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/christian-pilgrims-march-through-jerusalem-for-good-friday

Notable: Coast Guard offloads seized drugs worth $62.5 million.

Coast Guard offloads seized drugs worth $62.5 million

By: The Associated Press via Navy Times April 18, 2019

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard is offloading marijuana and cocaine with an estimated street value of $62.5 million dollars at Florida’s Port Everglades.

The agency said in a news release that the drugs seized in international waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean will arrive in Fort Lauderdale Thursday morning on the Coast Guard Cutter Bear, which is based in Portsmouth, Virginia.

The stash includes some 14,000 pounds (6350 kilograms) of marijuana and 3,660 pounds (1660 kilograms) of cocaine.

Officials say operation involved two Coast Guard cutters and a Navy ship off the coasts of Mexico and Central and South America.

Source: https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/04/18/coast-guard-offloads-seized-drugs-worth-625-million/

Notable: HBO in production on NXIVM sex cult documentary series.

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/hbo-nxivm-sex-cult-documentary-series-1203192546/

HBO in Production on NXIVM Sex Cult Documentary Series

HBO Documentary Films is currently in production on a documentary series exploring the NXIVM sex cult case, which implicated former “Smallville” actress Allison Mack among others.

The series, which is to be directed by “The Square” and “Control Room” helmers Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer, will follow a range of people who joined the NXIVM self-improvement group and take a “deep, nuanced look at experiences of its members, spotlighting their universal desire for personal growth.” Noujaim’s interest in the subject began in 2010 when she took NXIVM’s introductory “Executive Success Program” workshop.

According to prosecutors, Mack helped recruited women into NXIVM, a network of self-help programs based in Albany, N.Y. The recruits were told the group would help with women’s empowerment, however, prosecutors say the organization was set up like a pyramid scheme, with courses costing thousands of dollars. Prosecutors also allege that the leader of the group, Keith Raniere, established a secret sex cult within the organization, in which “slaves” were branded in their pelvic areas with his initials.

Notable: More than 300 asylum seekers surrender to armed militia of New Mexico citizens.

More than 300 asylum seekers surrender to armed militia of New Mexico citizens

Hundreds of asylum seekers surrendered to an armed militia of New Mexico citizens last night, after trying to cross the U.S. border.

A group of 300 men, women and children gave themselves up to the 'United Constitutional Patriots', a gang of vigilantes who claim to be made up of veterans and former police officers, who then handed them over to border officials.

Video recorded by one of the militia, Jim Benvie, who has been camping out on the New Mexico-Chihuahua border for two months, shows the asylum seekers walking on a dirt road having crossed through a fence gap in Sundland Park, New Mexico.

Armed militia catch asylum seekers after they cross US border

A group of 300 men, women and children gave themselves up to the 'United Constitutional Patriots', a gang of vigilantes made up veterans and former police officers who then handed them over to border officials

Graphic shows the number of attempted border crossings since 2016, according to NPR statistics

The emergence of the vigilante group comes amid a boom in asylum seekers aiming to make their way into the U.S. through New Mexico, and the El Paso sector.

In 2018, Border Patrol stopped 162,000 people in the Rio Grande Valley.

None of the eight other Border Patrol sectors on the Southern border have experienced anywhere near those figures, as the graphic above indicates.

However, El Paso, where the 300 asylum seekers were filmed, has seen a significant spike in the past year, as other corridors in the U.S. are explored.

In October and November of 2018,as the average number of apprehensions grew, El Paso's share doubled.

The video, which was streamed live on Facebook, shows the asylum seekers giving themselves up to the militia, intending to turn themselves over to Border Patrol.

'I literally walked out and I looked, and all I saw was hundreds of people coming at us,' said Benvie.

Benvie and three other men had been scouting the area Monday night before coming across what the U.S. Border Patrol estimated was 300 migrants.

'We held them there until Border Patrol came,' said Benvie.

Benvie and three other men had been scouting the area Monday night before coming across what the U.S. Border Patrol estimated was 300 migrants

'And once they came then we did what we do, and that's to help Border Patrol get them to the processing van. So, everybody is safe.'

Benvie has documented the armed militia's encounters with asylum seekers for the past two months.

'We're just Americans. We're veterans, we're ex-law enforcement, we're people that care about our national security,' he said.

'We're people that care about our strained Border Patrol.'

Border Patrol said it does not condone the group's actions

United Constitutional Patriots: Border patrol vigilantes

For two months, an armed group of ex servicemen and police officers have been patrolling the New Mexico-Chihuahua border for asylum seekers from central America.

The group describe themselves on Facebook as: 'Americans that believe in the constitution and the rights of every American that will stand up for there rights in unity and help keep America safe.'

Some of the militia cover their faces while dealing with migrants - an the Border Patrol has stated it does not support their work

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6932583/More-300-asylum-seekers-surrender-armed-militia-New-Mexico-citizens.html

Notable: Pelosi in Derry, Podesta in NZ, Michelle in Paris: All coincidences???

>>6237104

>>6237109

LET'S DO SOME MATH (or whatever)

1. Pelosi goes to Ireland = ROITS ensue.

2. Podesta goest to NZ = MASS SHOOTING.

3. Michelle (big mike) O goes to Paris = NOTRE DAME burns damn near to the ground.

COINKIDINKS?

Methinks not.

Notable: Simpsons 2009 shows Notre Dame burning

>>6237125

>>6237121

>>6237117

BAKER NOTABLE

Notable: Pope's Good Friday Service focuses on sex trafficked girls

https://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/912382?section=newsfront&keywords=popefrancis-goodfriday-service-sex&year=2019&month=04&date=18&id=912382&oref=duckduckgo.com

Notable: Six MS-31 members indicted for murder on Long Island

.6 Alleged MS-13 Members Indicted For Murder On Long Island

https://www.wshu.org/post/6-alleged-ms-13-members-indicted-murder-long-island#stream/0

Notable: "POTUS and FLOTUS walk together to MarineOne on their way the Maralago for the Easter holiday. Do not stop to take Q's."

POTUS_Schedule

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@45_Schedule

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POTUS and FLOTUS walk together to MarineOne on their way the Maralago for the Easter holiday. Do not stop to take Q's.

Q's

Notable: Remarks by DJT at Wounded Warrior Project ("Drop after Testimony")

drop after testimony

Notable: One out of four prison inmates are illegal aliens, foreign born, or immigrants

One out of four prison inmates are illegal aliens, foreign born, or immigrants

http://puppetstringnews.com/blog/one-out-of-four-prison-inmates-are-illegal-aliens-foreign-born-or-immigrants

Notable: SOMALIA [ACCESS] PENDING [SA US PUSH] (Military braces for shakeup as Chief of Defence Forces retires)

SOMALIA [ACCESS] PENDING [SA US PUSH]

Q

Military shake-up looms as Mwathethe retires: The new Chief of Defence Forces will oversee the withdrawal of soldiers from Somalia.

'The military top command is bracing for a shake-up over the impending retirement of Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Samson Mwathethe, whose four-year term ended this week.

https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Military-shake-up-looms-as-Mwathethe-retires/1056-5078464-2pbe7p/index.html

Apart from the appointment of his successor, there will be changes in the top echelons of the military.

The Nation has learnt that there is anxiety among senior military officials over the expected reshuffle.

On Wednesday, there was word that the National Defence Council had held a meeting to deliberate on the promotions of various commanders, and who was likely to succeed Gen Mwathethe.

On Thursday, Department of Defence spokesperson Bogita Ongeri and his KDF counterpart, Col Paul Njoroge, declined to respond to the Nation’s queries on Gen Mwathethe’s succession.

CONTENDERS

Interviews with military and security experts pointed to four lieutenant-generals, the second-highest-ranking military officers, in contention to replace Gen Mwathethe.

Those in pole position are Lt-Gen Robert Kibochi, the vice-chief of defence forces, and Lt-Gen Leonard Ngondi, the force commander of the AU-UN Hybrid (Unamid) Operation in strife-torn Darfur in Sudan, two respected military commanders who enlisted the same year.

It remains unclear whether the latter will be considered for the position because he is seen as being in the “superpool”, a term referring to those serving in military assignments abroad and who are normally not considered during regular promotions.

Then there are Lt-Gen Walter Raria, the Kenya Army commander, and Lt-Gen Johnstone Ondieki, the former force commander of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), who left the mission unceremoniously.

But following Lt-Gen Ondieki’s appointment to a diplomatic position in Turkey, he stands little chance since he has no army to command.

MERITOCRACY

One of the four lieutenant-generals from the Kenya Army is likely to replace Gen Mwathethe, a seaman who took over from Gen Julius Karangi, a former Air Force commander.

This is based on the Tonje Rules, so-called in tribute to former Chief of General Staff Daudi Tonje, that have helped to eliminate unnecessary lobbying for the four-star general position, instead advocating for assessment based on merit, expertise and talent.

The new CDF will oversee the transition from the Uhuru Kenyatta presidency in 2022 and most likely the withdrawal of Kenyan troops from Somalia by 2021 in line with the Somali Transition Plan.

Under the Kenya Defence Forces Act, the CDF serves for a single four-year term or retires upon attaining the mandatory retirement age, whichever comes first.

But the Act says that the President may, on the recommendation of the Defence Council, extend the CDF’s term for a period not exceeding one year in times of war or emergencies like political uncertainty.

QUALIFICATIONS

Since we are not in a time of war or emergency, Gen Mwathethe’s tenure is unlikely be the extended.

Insiders also say that Gen Mwathethe would like to retire and go home. The salary and other perks for a serving and retired CDF are the same.

In appointing the next CDF, the Act states, the President shall take into account the service, seniority, military and formal civil education, the possession of a degree from a university and military and security experience.

That favours Lt-Gen Kibochi, who enlisted in the military on May 18, 1979, from where he started his career at the Signals Battalion at Kahawa garrison.

Following closely is the battle-hardened Lt-Gen Ngondi, who served as commandant of the National Defence College and force commander for the UN mission in Liberia before his appointment to the Unamid operation in Darfur.

The two are from Nakuru County.

https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Military-shake-up-looms-as-Mwathethe-retires/1056-5078464-2pbe7p/index.html

Notable: For KEKS: Hey, what's that in the background of Brennan's banner??

>>6236842

Just noticed something in Brennan's banner.

Notable: Fitton on REAL obstruction: "We've got 2 docs demonstrating a cover-up op" related to Clinton server & there's no prosecution yet

Tom Fitton

‏Verified account @TomFitton

Now THIS is obstruction: “We’ve got 2 documents demonstrating a cover-up operation related to Clinton’s email server & there’s been no prosecutions. If that doesn’t tell you the investigation by the FBI & DOJ wasn’t a sham, I don’t know what will.”

https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-uncovers-cover-up-d …

Judicial Watch 🔎

7:57 PM - 18 Apr 2019

https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1119072466142486528

Notable: Pelosi visits Irish border & Derry; Also: riots in Derry, journalist killed ( >>6237010, >>6237104 )

IRELAND NEWS !!!

→ Reminder : Nancy Pelosi is in Ireland….

Northern Ireland news: Riots erupt in Derry causing clash with local police – shots fired | UK | News

https://mickleach.com/northern-ireland-news-riots-erupt-in-derry-causing-clash-with-local-police-shots-fired-uk-news/

A woman has been killed in clashes between dissident Nationalists and security forces in Northern Ireland. The suspected ‘terrorist incident’ occurred hours after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi toured Derry on a goodwill visit.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-47985469

Journalist shot dead in Derry during rioting in the city

A journalist has been shot dead during violence in Londonderry that police are treating as a "terrorist incident".

Dissident republicans are being blamed for killing 29-year-old Lyra McKee during rioting after police searches in Derry's Creggan area on Thursday night.

Petrol bombs were also thrown at police Land Rovers.

Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton said the New IRA "are likely to be the ones behind this" and detectives have started a murder inquiry.

Notable: 4/19/18: Q Drop 1195 title is "Truth on Seth Rich & DNC Leaks to Come Out in June"

Posting again from the end of bread

I CANT BELIEVE I missed these connections earlier with SETH RICH and the MILITARY!

Notable: Trump is greeted by huge crowds of jubilant MAGA fans as he lands in Mar-a-Lago

Trump is greeted by huge crowds of jubilant MAGA fans as he lands in Mar-a-Lago with Melania, Tiffany and Barron

POTUS Maximus

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6938157/Trump-flies-Mar-Lago-Melania-doesnt-answer-questions-Mueller-report.html

Notable: Everything that you ever wanted to know about Spygate…..

>>6236218

Last night on Hannity, Victoria Toensing was saying that the first "meeting" for the dossier gang was on January 5, 2016 at the White House, with Obama, Biden, James Comey and Sally Yates attending. I wonder when Rosenstein was brought in. I guess a glance through the ol' White House Visitors Log would tell the story… anyone? Bueller?

"How many meetings were there about this Russian Investigation? We know there was one on January 5, with Obama, Vice President Biden, Sally Yates, and James Comey, and that they discussed the Russian investigation, because later, Susan Rice tried to cover up. She said "oh yeah, we had this meeting, but we all agreed that we would do everything 'by the book'". Oh yeah, wink wink. How many other meetings were there in the White House for this Russian investigation, and for how long did they go on?"

Feel free to steal an image, have had these in the meme folder for a while. Probably have to open & view separately, but worth it, imho. That one timeline is a testament to whoever sat down and worked that sucker out. Wow. Another is an FBI org chart at that critical time that I've never seen anywhere else again. And Epoch Times' Spygate map is pretty amazing.

Notable: Boatfag update

Boatfag update: Motor Yacht SEVEN SEAS near Escondido. WHITE RABBIT has shifted southerly from Didim to Bodrum Turkey (will be watching for a transit through the Suez Canal) and so far COSCO BELGIUM is in Long Beach. Still some USN activity off San Diego but same ones from earlier today.

Notable: >>6236210 Long Beach DIGG: There's an Evergreen Terminal there

>>6233189

There’s an evergreen terminal, Long Beach

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Evergreen-Terminal/128840400496088

Notable: Qatari official: Afghan talks postponed indefinitely

Qatari official: Afghan talks postponed indefinitely

https://www.fredericksburg.com/news/national/qatari-official-afghan-talks-postponed-indefinitely/article_0380260d-2ab5-5a39-b541-ab62af89b2c8.html

Notable: Russia and China sign $3bn S-400 Triumf export contract

https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/newsrussia-and-china-sign-3bn-s-400-triumf-export-contract-4452587/

Notable: >>6235670 Note: no blue check, no confirmed official representation - P_sched twatter

>>6235255

Although no blue check mark….

Decide for yourself

Pic Related

Notable: plane crash at Fullerton Airport (LA CA)

Pilot Dead plane crash at Fullerton Airport (LA CA)

https://ktla.com/2019/04/18/airplane-crash-reported-at-fullerton-airport/

Notable: >>6235272, >>6235229 POTUS Game Over meme in SK newspaper

WW BITCHES!

SK newspaper!

Notable: moar caps on the P_sched stringer

https://twitter.com/45_schedule/status/1119089706778554368?s=21

Here’s the link for the potus schedule tweet.didnt get to post last bread. Tweet is now obvisly deleted. Got screen shots tho here y’all go

Notable: >>6235328 P_sched stringer is Qs image name from Q post 2789

>>6234937 (lb)

>https://twitter.com/45_Schedule/status/1119089706778554368?s=19

Here:

Q !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: d73264 No.5245457 📁

Feb 18 2019 14:07:39 (EST)

a45c1baf6d9fdca2eb8c892ba6154f26d6e3b0531391bc4a15748e48c09b3a0c.jpg

⬇

Fellow Patriots:

What you are about to learn (learning) should not only scare you, but intensify your resolve to take back control [Freedom]. The information that will become public will further demonstrate the criminal & corrupt [pure evil] abuse of power that the Hussein administration undertook in joint efforts w/ domestic and foreign dignitaries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2qIXXafxCQ📁

WWG1WGA.

Q

Notable: Devin Nues: read a real report done by House Intel Committee

Repost // [lb]

Bread 7972

>>6234658

'''As I said tonight with ⁦@seanhannity⁩ don’t waste your time reading #MuellerDossier instead read a real report done by House Intel Committee

Republicans - finished over a year ago - Cost 30M less and doesn’t read like a really bad Russian Spy novel!'''

twitter.com/DevinNunes/status/1119078656733851648

republicans-intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/final_russia_investigation_report.pdf

[PDF // 253 pages]

Notable: P_sched posts a stringer at the 00:05 on 4/19

Posting again

Notable: Assange brought to the US to falsify Russia and kickstart ObamaGate?

>>6234182

Assange Arrest and Vault 7 will document CIA hack of DNC, conclusively prove Russia Hoax, and open door to ObamaGate

From March 2017: "Wikileaks to prove CIA is behind Fake News Russia story if corrupt investigation doesn't admit it" #Vault7 #ObamaGate

Is this why #Assange is being brought to the US? Wikileaks Founder Ready to Provide Evidence Russian Collusion is False

From 2017: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has offered to provide evidence that the Russian collusion narrative is false in exchange for a pardon from President Trump.

Also from 2017: California’s Dana Rohrabacher asks for pardon of Julian Assange in return for evidence Russia wasn’t source of hacked emails.

#Vault7 will prove that the CIA planted fake evidence to make it look like Russia hacked the DNC server. #ObamaGate #RussiaGate https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/#PRESS

From the Wikileaks "Year Zero" dump: With UMBRAGE the CIA can misdirect attribution by leaving behind the "fingerprints" The "digital fingerprints" they claim were left behind by Russian hackers will be proven by #Assange to have been implanted by the CIA

#Assange is coming here to prove the CIA fabricated this: “The CIA has identified Russian officials who fed material hacked from the Democratic National Committee and party leaders to WikiLeaks"

The "Russian fingerprints" were the pretext for spying on Trump.

This will open the door for proving #ObamaGate The Obama-connected wiretapping and illegal leaks of classified material concerning President Trump and General Flynn are a scandal,”

Seth Rich connection.

Shadow Brokers connection: TheShadowBrokers is being happy to unmask anyone we considering to be an enemy of the Constitution of the United States."

Link: https://twitter.com/JTweets1234/status/1119025602550358016

Notable: anon/blog post/theory Michelle Obama and elites burned ND Cathedral, and celebrated

Update to below:

It appears that this story has triggered the isolation of key information points on the web to prevent it from going viral. Additionally some of the re-posts of this people copied from here and put elsewhere used the earliest version that is not worded as well or as completely (and has a less clear Michelle watching it burn photo, my error, I accidentally downscaled it) so you might want to put it back up again with the final write that is now posted.

BLOCKBUSTER: PROVEN: Michelle Obama and other global elite burned Notre Dame Cathedral, and celebrated

This is going to be the top posted report for several days, and it will not drift down the page. If you link this, it will be what people see on top.

To get this all started: I had heard of Michelle Obama's dinner cruise coinciding with the burning of the cathedral, but was not certain it would be possible to pin it down on her. As it turns out, it was possible to. Other people had already posted on this topic, but the work was done in a way that could be questioned as to how legit it was. So I set out to see if there was a way to actually pin it down, and there was a way. There is no doubt the elite New World Order crowd burned Notre Dame and celebrated, I have this sewn up in a body bag. Let's get started.

First of all, let's briefly cite the official story on Michelle Obama's cruise, and then let's put things in actual order and show what really happened. Here's the official story:

"Michelle Obama was spotted on an idyllic dinner cruise in Paris on Monday night when she and the other guests learned that the nearby Notre Dame Cathedral had gone up in flames

The mood of passengers changed when news of the fire at Notre Dame filtered through. At one point during the cruise, Mrs Obama stared intently at a fellow passenger's phone

OK, SO NOW I AM GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT REALLY HAPPENED, AND IT IS ALL RECORDED IN THE WINE GLASSES. THIS IS NOT DEPENDENT ON THE "QUESTIONABLE"(not questionable really) MICHELLE OBAMA WINE GLASS PHOTO YOU MIGHT HAVE ALREADY SEEN, instead, it shows how people on the boat were reacting and socializing when they knew the cathedral was burning.

The cruise departed AFTER the cathedral was already hurling smoke into the sky. This is proven by the reflections in the wine glass in this photo which shows a rather happy Michelle Obama. You can't see the actual cathedral in this photo yet because the dinner cruise is not close enough yet but they are all happy and they definitely know it is burning.

http://82.221.129.208/.wn4.html

Notable: New DJT and Q drop 945 3 extra O's - Booms

Found the 3 extra O's in POTUS Tweet.

Notable: Elites love the extreme partisanship environment and the echo chambers

The Elites Laugh As Americans Revel In Their Enslavement While Fearing Each Other

Americans are increasingly living in fear of the opposing political party. While the elites laugh and continue to enslave the populace even further because of this fear, Americans increasingly embrace their chains while asking them to be shortened, and all while dehumanizing those on a different plantation.

The fact is, none of us are free. We are all slaves to the same master – the political elites. The only way to be free is to accept it and attempt to free others in the process. So far, the government has not had to put literal chains on anyone because most Americans are mental slaves. If you own the mind, you won’t need to enslave the body. This is causing problems in problems in our society, however, as many fear those who think differently than they do while giving a pass to the ones actually at fault for their dissatisfaction.

Extreme partisanship has infected both democrats and republicans to the point of no return. According to Oregon Live, more than 40 percent of Americans say they are surrounded by “downright evil” and they’re referring to their fellow Americans who happen to belong to a different political party. This division and fear keep the elite wealthy, powerful, and increasingly authoritarian. While we fight each other, we can’t be bothered to actually take on the behemoth monster that is responsible for all this fear and division in the first place.

A recent academic paper by political scientists Nathan P. Kalmoe and Lilliana Mason, presented at the National Capital Area Political Science Association conference in January, concludes that the extreme partisanship of recent decades has made millions of Americans intellectually insular and emotionally numb. As a result, these hyper-partisans – and, to be clear, all of this goes for members of both major parties – feel little or no sympathy “in response to deaths and injuries of political opponents.” Some even show “explicit support for partisan violence.” –Oregon Live

https://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/the-elites-laugh-as-americans-revel-in-their-enslavement-while-fearing-each-other_04172019

Notable: Devin Nunes: Mueller's report ignored abuses of power by the FBI

Devin Nunes: Mueller's report ignored abuses of power by the FBI

www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/devin-nunes-muellers-report-ignored-abuses-of-power-by-the-fbi

>Nunes Retweet just now

Notable: Anon summary Mueller Rpt 111-120

>>6232743 (lb)

Pages 111 to 120: Mueller Report Summary

In one sentence: This section is mostly about how Trump Jr. was contacted by muh Russians to meet and learn about some negative information pertaining to HRC.

Broken down:

Agalarov, Russian real-estate developer w/ties to Putin was connected to DJT and “worked w/Trump in connection w/the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow and a potential Trump Moscow real-estate project”. (p. 110-111)

Agalarov used an intermediary to communicate w/DJT once GEOTUS was campaigning for the presidency —> Goldstone

Through Goldstone, Agalorov expressed interest in supporting him through “important friends and colleagues, especially with reference to US/Russian relations”. (p. 111)

This support also included info “that might interest the Trumps involved Hillary Clinton” (p. 111).

Natalia Veselnitskaya (“V”) was brought into the picture in reference to some of the info (some redacted). (Top of p. 112)

Her lobbying & testimony RE Magnitsky Act, Putin’s distaste for the outcome of it “purely political, unfriendly act”, & the sanctions, travel restrictions on Russian officials, halted adoption of Russian children by US citizens are referenced.

V’s legal work included defense of Katsyv, “a civil-forfeiture action alleging the laundering of proceeds from the fraud exposed by Magnitsky”. (p. 112)

Goldstone reached out to Trump Jr on Agalarov’s behalf to ask to meet w/offer to Trump campaign w/“some official docs and info that wld incriminate HRC and her dealing w/Russia”. (P. 113)

Trump Jr agreed to meet. GEOTUS reported not to have known about it.

Trump Jr, Kushner, Manafort met w/the group incl. Vaselnitskaya.

In a lunch preparing for the meeting at Trump Tower several participants reported that “Vaselnitskaya showed Akhmetshin a document alleging financial misconduct by Bill Browder and the Ziff brothers (Americans w/business in Russia), and those individuals subsequently making political donations to the DNC.” (p. 117)

During the meeting at Trump Tower, Trump Jr asked V how payments cld be tied specifically to Clinton Campaign, and V said she couldn’t trace money once it entered the US. (p. 118)

During the meeting, Kushner sent iMessage to Manafort stating “waste of time” & sent 2 emails to assistants w/requests that they call him to get him out of the meeting & he left.

When V was interviewed by the press she denied reason for meeting, & had not “referred to any derogatory info concerning the == Clinton Campaign ==

when she met with Trump Campaign officials”. (p. 119)

Attempts were made by Goldstone to arrange more meetings. Kaveladze reported to Agalarov that the meeting “about the Magnitsky Act had been a waste of time because it was not with lawyers and they were ‘preaching to the wrong crowd’”. V was present at the time of this reporting. (p. 120)

The press got wind of the meeting, Goldstone was apologetic to Agalorov as the “relationship with ‘mr T has been thrown down the drain’”.

Grand Jury redactions are present throughout this section.

Notable: >>6234378, >>6234479 re read Q drops 2930, 2273, 2129, 1470 now with newest Q drop

>>6233873

DECLAS to come first to force out [RR]

Notable: US Marines rt again a prev twat of theirs

US MARINES

Just retweeted this again

Red, White and Blue

https://twitter.com/USForcesJapan/status/1119027318737911808?s=19

Notable: WaPo's Fake News front Page for tomorrow

Trump War Room RT

https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1119059185398951936

via

https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/1119065402544463873

Notable: Defend Assange Campaign twat - re: Fast and Furious

DEFEND ASSANGE CAMPAIGN JUST TWEETED

Julian Assange revealed the "Fast and Furious" operation where U.S. authorities delivered weapons to Mexico's organized crime to obtain information (CIA) on the distribution of weapons in the Territory

http://www.lanuevarevolucion.org/2019/04/11/julian-assange-revelo-la-operacion-rapido-y-furioso-donde-autoridades-estadounidenses-entregaron-armas-al-crimen-organizado-de-mexico-para-obtener-informacion-cia-sobre-la-distribucion-de-armas/

*received tweet 5 minutes ago….. not sure if anons have it but Notable I would imagine

Notable: US CentCom twat 451st F19

https://twitter.com/CENTCOM/status/1118949695378927616?s=19

TS in PDT

Did Anons post earlier?

7 1 9 …17

Lots of High Fives today too.

Notable: Sharon E Pwers chimes in on the Comey, dig on Sharon? or nah…

Reading Comey’s replies, wondering if anyone acknowledged his code and found this… (pic related)

Notable: How Trump’s Attorneys General are transforming U.S. immigration law

How Trump’s Attorneys General are transforming U.S. immigration law

Under U.S. President Donald Trump, the attorney general’s office has reshaped immigration law at an unprecedented rate. Unlike the federal judiciary system, U.S. immigration courts fall under the Justice Department’s jurisdiction, and the attorney general can intervene in cases to set national legal precedent. Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his successors have been unusually active in this practice compared to their predecessors, a Reuters analysis of Justice Department data shows. The data describe an unprecedented effort by the Justice Department to quietly advance policy goals and transform immigration law from the top down.

In one case, Sessions overturned a grant of asylum to a victim of domestic violence from El Salvador. He wrote in his ruling in the case, known as Matter of A-B-, that most gang and domestic violence victims will not qualify for asylum under his narrowed definition. That decision, however, was struck down by a U.S. federal judge. In four other cases in 2018, Sessions issued decisions restricting the discretion of immigration judges to put off final deportation hearings by continuing, closing or dismissing proceedings. After stepping in as acting attorney general in November, Matthew Whitaker continued in Sessions’ footsteps and singled out three immigration cases for review.

One case, known as the Matter of L-E-A-, concerns whether a man who fled a kidnapping attempt by cartels in Mexico qualifies for asylum. Another case, known as the Matter of Castillo-Perez, questions whether convictions for driving under the influence should disqualify immigrants from certain legal protections to remain in the country. Newly appointed Attorney General William Barr, who replaced Sessions, is also following his predecessors’ path with a decision on Tuesday that revoked the right of some asylum seekers to ask for bond in front of an immigration judge, expanding indefinite detention for some migrants who must wait months or years for their cases to be heard. The American Civil Liberties Union said they will challenge the move in court.

https://graphics.reuters.com/USA-IMMIGRATION-TRUMP/010091HF26W/index.html

Court rules in favor of asylum seekers, against Trump policy

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-asylum/court-rules-in-favor-of-asylum-seekers-against-trump-policy-idUSKCN1OI2BI

Trump attorney general's ruling expands indefinite detention for asylum seekers

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-bond/trump-attorney-generals-ruling-expands-indefinite-detention-for-asylum-seekers-idUSKCN1RT053

Notable: Biblically dank meme: Notre Dame gargoyles vs. Traitors

* FRESH * DANK *

"TFW you look like a Notre-Dame gargoyle."

Biblical times, anons, biblical times kek.

Notable: >>6233666 DJT: Kimberly Strassel should get the Pulitzer.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1119066791161077760?s=19

Notable: @45_Schedule: no public events scheduled for 4/19/19

https://twitter.com/45_Schedule/status/1119063999809769474

POTUS_Schedule

‏ @45_Schedule

8m8 minutes ago

Daily Public Schedule for April 19, 2019:

The President has no public events scheduled.

https://twitter.com/45_Schedule/status/1119054257502789633

POTUS_Schedule

‏ @45_Schedule

46m46 minutes ago

"Grandpa Time".

(Via Don Trump Jr.)

Notable: >>6233189 @Comey: "So many answers."

New Comey twat

So many answers.

https://twitter.com/comey/status/1119049878347423745?s=21

Notable: Get Ready for the shot (Marines Twat vs Q posts)

MARINES

https://twitter.com/11thmeu/status/1119046844137390081?s=19

Notable: Side by side on the Barr press conference

Side by side on the Barr press conference

Notable: Roy Cooper, NC governor vetoes 'born alive' abortion bill

North Carolina governor vetoes 'born alive' abortion bill

By Jason Hanna, CNN

(CNN)North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday vetoed a bill that would have required doctors to try to preserve the life of any infant born alive during an attempted abortion.

The state's Republican-controlled Legislature had passed the bill, called the "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act," this week.

In a letter announcing his veto, Cooper, a Democrat, wrote that laws "already protect newborn babies, and this bill is an unnecessary interference between doctors and their parents."

"This needless legislation would criminalize doctors and other healthcare providers for a practice that simply does not exist," Cooper wrote.

Under the proposed law, if an infant were born alive during an abortion attempt against it, any health care practitioner there would be required to "exercise the same degree of professional skill, care and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child as a reasonable diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age."

A health care practitioner who does not do that would be guilty of a class D felony. Additionally, anyone who intentionally "performs an overt act" that kills the child would be guilty of murder, the proposal says.

Most of the bill's supporters in the Legislature were Republicans, though it attracted affirmative votes from a few Democrat lawmakers.

Two of the bill's primary sponsors, Sen. Joyce Kawiec and Rep. Pat McElraft, said in a joint statement Thursday that "caring for a living, breathing newborn infant is too restrictive for Gov. Cooper's radical abortion agenda," according to CNN affiliate WRAL.

"We thought Democrats would agree that children born alive should be separate from the abortion debate, but it's clear that they want the 'right to choose' to even extend past birth," the two Republican lawmakers said. "This is a sad day for North Carolina."

The state Senate passed the bill Monday with a 28-19 vote, with three senators absent. Two Democrat senators voted for it.

The House passed it Tuesday with a vote of 65-46, with nine lawmakers absent or not voting. Four Democrat representatives voted yes.

To override Cooper's veto, legislators would need the approval of three-fifths of each chamber.

Notable: Massive Chinese trade shutdown, Amazon retreats from China market, GOOG/FB hubris

https://www.zdnet.com/article/some-internet-outages-predicted-for-the-coming-month-as-768k-day-approaches/

768k Day expected within the month, reminiscent of 512k Day when AT&T, BT, Comcast, Sprint, and Verizon all went down.

512k Day happened on August 12, 2014, when hundreds of ISPs from all over the world went down, causing billions of dollars in damages due to lost trade and fees, from a lack of internet connectivity or packet loss.

The original 512k Day took place because routers ran out of memory for storing the global BGP routing table, a file that holds the IPv4 addresses of all known internet-connected networks.

—-

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/18/tech/amazon-closes-china/index.html

Amazon is partially retreating from the world's biggest market for online shopping.

It will close its marketplace in China in the coming months, meaning Amazon customers in the country will no longer be able to buy goods from Chinese merchants.

Amazon (AMZN) did not explain why it was withdrawing its marketplace service, saying only it will instead focus on selling goods shipped from other countries into China.

China will overtake the US as the world's biggest retail market this year

"We are notifying sellers we will no longer operate a marketplace on Amazon.cn, and we will no longer be providing seller services on Amazon.cn effective July 18," the company said in a statement.

—-

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/former-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-tech-regulation-122224156.html

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt in a new interview rejected the notion that Capitol Hill has a role to play in regulating big tech companies, breaking with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s recent willingness to work with lawmakers.

“The problem is if you write a rule, inevitably, you fix the solution on a specific solution, but the technology moves so quickly,” Schmidt says.

“It’s generally better to let the tech companies do these things,” he adds.

Notable: Kim Foxx’s chief ethics officer April Perry has resigned

Breaking: Kim Foxx’s chief ethics officer April Perry has resigned.

Kim Foxx’s Director of Conviction Integrity Unit, Mark Rotert, has also resigned.

twitter.com/MattFinnFNC/status/1119046780560248833

Notable: Moar college bribery scandal fallout

Olivia Jade Giannulli Could Be Implicated in College Scam, Analyst Says

Social media influencer Olivia Jade Giannulli, the daughter of “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin, might be complicit in the college bribery scam. According to Fox News, she was copied in an email that her mother sent to William “Rick” Singer, the main actor in the scam, on “how to proceed” in filling out Oliva Jade’s college applications after her “provisional acceptance as a recruited [crew] athlete.” Federal officials have said that Loughlin and her husband paid $500,000 to get Oliva Jade and her sister, Isabella, into the University of Southern California as crew recruits when they weren’t involved in the sport. A former federal prosecutor told Fox that prosecutors might be able to charge Olivia Jade, 19, if Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, do not admit their guilt. They pleaded not guilty earlier this month.

“The government has a ton of evidence here – they have incredible leverage over Loughlin and her husband and the daughters,” former federal prosecutor Naema Rahmani told the news outlet. “And they have this leverage for a few reasons. If you review the evidence, it’s incredibly strong in terms of recorded phone calls, in terms of emails, financial records and so forth.” “There really could have only been two things – and it’s all the government has to prove,” Rahmani continued. “One is that they agreed to commit an unlawful act, and two is if they committed one overt act within the conspiracy. If you prove those two things, then the kids are on the hook as well. You can easily, easily argue that Olivia knew what was going on, she agreed to engage in this unlawful act by not filling out the application, by taking the picture – it can be an overt act to create liability for criminal liability.” Rahmani added that prosecutors wouldn’t have to prove whether Olivia Jade saw the email.

“There doesn’t have to be a smoking gun where she told someone either verbally or not that I knew I was doing this,” Rahmani said. “They can say there is circumstantial support that someone that is not an athlete, someone that doesn’t have the grades, someone that gets into USC and is supposedly participating in crew and having never rowed crew – they knew that they did not get in legitimately.”

Lara Yeretsian, another legal analyst, noted that Olivia Jade posed for a photo to be designated as a crew recruit, but said it may not be enough to implicate the student. “Posing for a picture is not sufficient to make Olivia Jade a co-conspirator in the College Admissions Scandal,” she told the broadcaster. “In other words, there is no evidence whatsoever in the affidavit to suggest that Olivia Jade was aware of any alleged conspiracy to funnel money to coaches or athletic directors at USC through Singer’s charitable organization. The prosecution does not have sufficient evidence here,” she added.

Olivia Jade is also reportedly terrified at the possibility of appearing in court and possibly testifying in court. A source close to Olivia Jade, who had amassed millions of followers on social media, and her 20-year-old sister were apparently aware that her parents allegedly spoke to a man who could help them get into the University of Southern California, reported Entertainment Tonight. The source didn’t say whether the man was Singer. The source said the two sisters, however, were not aware of the lengths that entailed getting them into the private university. “Olivia’s still mad at her parents,” said the source, who added that Oliva Jade is “terrified at the idea she may have to testify against them.”

Rahmani said that federal prosecutors may ensnare Olivia Jade in order to apply pressure on her parents. “These deals always get worse over time. Usually, the first deal is the best deal, and it’s just going to get worse after that. So, they put out a plea agreement allowing them to plead guilty to just the single count and the amount that they actually paid – Loughlin says no and guess what? They go to the grand jury, they get indicted for money laundering charges – now kids are getting involved,” Rahmani noted. “Desperate Housewives” actress Felicity Huffman and about a dozen other people have already pleaded guilty in the case, dubbed “Operation Varsity Blues.”

https://www.theepochtimes.com/olivia-jade-giannulli-could-be-implicated-in-college-scam-analyst-says_2886356.html

Notable: ‘Now the Tables Have Turned:’ Trump Campaign Demands Origin of Mueller Probe Investigated

‘Now the Tables Have Turned:’ Trump Campaign Demands Origin of Mueller Probe Investigated

Shortly after Attorney General William Barr released the full redacted Mueller report on Thursday, April 18, Trump Campaign Manager Brad Parscale demanded an investigation of the “liars who instigated this sham investigation into President Trump.” “President Trump has been fully and completely exonerated yet again. Now the tables have turned, and it’s time to investigate the liars who instigated this sham investigation into President Trump, motivated by political retribution and based on no evidence whatsoever,” he said in a statement. “Now that the collusion and obstruction conspiracy theories have been exposed for the pathetic hoaxes they always were, the Obama-era DOJ and FBI must answer for their misdeeds and the scam that they perpetrated against the American people,” read the statement.

Earlier in the day, Barr re-affirmed that no member of the Trump campaign, or any other American, colluded with Russia to interfere with the 2016 elections. He made the remarks during a press conference before releasing the Mueller report to the congressional committees and the public. The Special Counsel “did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities,” Barr said, quoting the Mueller report. He also said that he and Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein determined there was no obstruction of justice case based on the information presented by Mueller.

Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of Republican National Committee (RNC), also asked for the origin of the Mueller probe to be investigated. “It is now time to get to the bottom of how an investigation based off of fake and partisan information began in the first place. After two years and over $35 million, American taxpayers deserve answers and the integrity of our democratic process depends on ensuring this never happens again,” she stated.

Trump and his legal team declared victory after the Mueller report was released. “I’m having a good day, too, it’s called ‘no collusion, no obstruction,’” he said while addressing the Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride at the White House. “There never was by the way, and there never will be.” “This should never happen to another president again, this hoax, it should never happen to another president again,” he added.

Many Trump supporters also joined the rally on social media to declare victory. “Thank you to every Trump supporter who never gave up on him or doubted him. YOU are the champions today,” wrote Bill Mitchell, the host of a conservative talk radio show and one of the pundits on Trump, on Twitter.

‘Failure Among a Group of Leaders There’ During an April 10 hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Barr said that spying on Trump Campaign in 2016 “did occur.” “I think spying did occur. Yes, I think spying did occur,” he confirmed when Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) asked if he suggested that spying occurred. He also said that he wants to pull everything together from the various investigations at the Capitol and the DOJ and see if there are any remaining questions to be addressed. “I haven’t set up a team yet. But I do have in mind having some colleagues to help me pull all this information together and let me know whether there’s some areas that should be looked at,” he stated. Barr clarified that he is not launching an investigation into the FBI, but he thought there was probably “a failure among a group of leaders there.”

https://www.theepochtimes.com/now-the-tables-have-turned-trump-campaign-demands-origin-of-mueller-probe-investigated_2886143.html

Notable: >>6232336 DJT: "The Mueller Report is perhaps the single most humiliating thing…" @TuckerCarlson

New DJT

sorry if posted already

Notable: Bongino: Nunes slams Mueller Report for ignoring FBI abuses

Of course he did. Just look at the dirty cops he had on the SC team. They would never expose the rot in the DOJ and FBI.

https://twitter.com/dbongino/status/1119032371066679296

Notable: @WhiteHouse: Two years and 35 million taxpayer dollars later…

Two years and 35 million taxpayer dollars later, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report this morning concluded what President Trump has told the American people from day one: No collusion, no obstruction.

twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1119034882439745537

www.whitehouse.gov/westwingreads/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wh

Notable: @DanScavino #NoCollusionNoObstruction (Vid upload from DJT)

#NoCollusionNoObstruction

twitter.com/DanScavino/status/1119034698288783360

Notable: >>6232354, >>6232496 moar Long Beach Port dig

Q post with goog screen cap of LA Long Beach/Seal Beach. A few years ago this Anon was on a military ship in Anaheim Bay. Without going into much detail and OPSEC rules and all. I can say without a doubt all that you see from the sky is not all that is there. I'm not really sure what all is in the public eye with that area but I will see if I can look into what all is public info.

Notable: DJT: There wasn't any evidence @TuckerCarlson

DJT

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1119034770221088768

Notable: U.S. Intelligence Institutionally Politicized Toward Democrats (FreeBeacon)

U.S. Intelligence Institutionally Politicized Toward Democrats

John Gentry, who spent 12 years as a CIA analyst, criticized former senior intelligence leaders, including CIA Director John Brenan, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and former deputy CIA director Michael Morell, along with former analyst Paul Pillar, for breaking decades-long prohibitions of publicly airing their liberal political views in attacking Trump.

The institutional bias outlined in a lengthy article in the quarterly International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence risks undermining the role of intelligence in support of government leaders charged with making policy decisions.

Gentry stopped short of saying the widespread liberal bias of intelligence officials has influenced intelligence reports and products. However, he concludes that "bias may have crept into CIA analyses."

"A considerable body of evidence, much of it fragmentary, indicates that many CIA people have left-leaning political preferences, but less evidence shows that political bias influences CIA analyses," Gentry concludes.

A politicized workforce.

Politicization during the Obama administration also was evident at the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency, long criticized for its shortcomings in intelligence analysis and reporting on China's military. According to Gentry, under Obama, editors of the DIA's primary current intelligence report were notified to "avoid specifically identified terms that might trigger criticism of administration policy."

A threat to the republic.

Charles "Sam" Faddis, a former CIA operations officer, said countering politicization is a critical question. "A secret service that involves itself in partisan politics is a threat to the republic," Faddis said.

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/u-s-intelligence-institutionally-politicized-toward-democrats/

Notable: Nissan to slash global production by 15% (Nikkei)

Nissan to slash global production by 15%

TOKYO – Nissan Motor will cut global production by about 15% for the fiscal year ending March 2020, Nikkei has learned, as the Japanese automaker shifts away from the aggressive expansion campaign promoted by former Chairman Carlos Ghosn.

The company aims to produce about 4.6 million units in fiscal 2019 – the lowest figure in nine years – according to plans being communicated to its suppliers. The move is expected to affect earnings, and could cast a pall over its alliance with French automaker Renault.

Under Ghosn, Nissan stretched itself thin in order to meet aggressive sales targets. Now it is seeking a different path forward, with President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa announcing last February a new strategy focused on profitability over sales volume. He pledged to overhaul the company's production and sales structures.

Nissan appears to have sustained sales and output declines in fiscal 2018 after almost a decade of growth, due to a sluggish performance in the U.S. The figures are expected to fall further this fiscal year, even as many of Nissan's rivals anticipate growth or at least in line with 2018, making Nissan's drop stand out.

The planned production cut would be the steepest since fiscal 2008, when output fell 16% in response to the global financial crisis. By region, the automaker plans to keep production in Japan largely flat at over 900,000 units, while slashing it overseas by 20% to about 3.7 million vehicles.

A significant hit to earnings could complicate Nissan's push to restructure its alliance with Renault. Currently, the French automaker owns 43% of Nissan, while Nissan has a non-voting 15% stake in Renault, despite accounting for nearly half of its partner's group net profit.

In North America, Nissan will scale back corporate sales operations that prop up unit sales but are less profitable. It will also reduce its sales incentive funds distributed to retail dealerships to finance discounts.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Nissan-s-Ghosn-crisis/Nissan-to-slash-global-production-by-15

Notable: Mueller report says WikiLeaks pushed "Seth Rich conspiracies" (TheHill)

Mueller report found WikiLeaks pushed Seth Rich conspiracies

http://hill.cm/WdZjFva

(pic related, but NOT to article)

EVEN THO PODESTA SAID HE WAS "FOR MAKING AN EXAMPLE OF THE LEAKER!"

(pic related)

Notable: Barr: Mueller Probe Did Not Present Sufficient Evidence to Establish Obstruction (Epoch)

Barr: Mueller Probe Did Not Present Sufficient Evidence to Establish Obstruction-of-Justice Offense

Attorney General William Barr said on April 18 that special counsel Robert Mueller did not provide sufficient evidence to support an obstruction-of-justice case against President Donald Trump.

“After carefully reviewing the facts and legal theories outlined in the report, and in consultation with the Office of Legal Counsel and other department lawyers, the deputy attorney general and I concluded that the evidence developed by the special counsel is not sufficient to establish that the president committed an obstruction-of-justice offense,” Barr said at a press conference.

Mueller, in his report, had not reached a prosecutorial judgment on the allegation of obstruction of justice and instead left the decision to the attorney general.

Barr said that he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein “disagreed with some of the special counsel’s legal theories,” but nevertheless “accepted the special counsel’s legal framework for purposes of our analysis and evaluated the evidence as presented by the special counsel in reaching our conclusion.”

In their report, the special counsel team presented 10 different episodes, which it then used to discuss potential legal theories for connecting the president’s actions to obstruction of justice.

The 10 episodes presented are wide ranging, from the circumstances of FBI Director James Comey’s firing, to the allegation that Trump asked White House legal counsel Don McGahn to request that the Justice Department fire Mueller.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/barr-mueller-probe-did-not-present-sufficient-evidence-to-establish-obstruction-of-justice-offense_2886408.html

Notable: POTUS deleted tweet "Special evening on [Tucker, Hannity, Ingraham]…"

Tweet Deleted?

Notable: @USMC: They'll Never Take Our Freedom

US MARINES

https://twitter.com/USMC/status/1119027834301894657?s=19

Notable: DJT: No underlying crime… Whole thing was a made up fraud

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1119024554431713280?s=19

Notable: Bill would offer in-state tuition to illegals at Oregon graduate schools (NBC)

Bill would offer in-state tuition to undocumented students at Oregon graduate schools

EUGENE, Ore. - State lawmakers are looking to expand in-state tuition.

If it's voted into law, SB 859 would allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition for public Oregon graduate programs if they:

Qualified for undergraduate tuition equity

Attended Oregon K-12 schools for at least three years, or went to a U.S. school for a minimum of five years

Demonstrate intent to become a U.S. citizen

According to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, this would currently affect about 250 students.

https://nbc16.com/news/schools/oregon-may-offer-in-state-tuition-to-undocumented-students-for-graduate-school

Notable: US facial recognition will cover 97 percent of departing airline passengers within four years

US facial recognition will cover 97 percent of departing airline passengers within four years

Biometric Exit is already used at 15 US airports

The Department of Homeland Security says it expects to use facial recognition technology on 97 percent of departing passengers within the next four years. The system, which involves photographing passengers before they board their flight, first started rolling out in 2017, and was operational in 15 US airports as of the end of 2018.

The facial recognition system works by photographing passengers at their departure gate. It then cross-references this photograph against a library populated with facesimages from visa and passport applications, as well as those taken by border agents when foreigners enter the country.

The aim of the system is to offer “Biometric Exit,” which gives authorities as good an idea of who’s leaving the country as who’s entering it, and allows them to identify people who have overstayed their visas. Quartz notes that US authorities have traditionally relied on airline flight manifests to track who’s leaving the country.

Since the introduction of the current system, facial recognition identified 7,000 passengers who overstayed their visas on the 15,000 flights tracked. The US Customers and Border Protection (CBP) estimates that over 600,000 people overstay their visas every year, an offense that carries a maximum penalty of a 10-year ban from entering the US.

Critics argue that building up a database of millions of people’s photographs is a threat to civil liberties. Once you have the database, it would be easy to share it with other agencies, effectively turning it into a search tool for all law enforcement.

The current iteration of the system first entered trials in 2017 on a single flight between Atlanta and Tokyo. It was originally planned to roll out more widely at the beginning of 2018, but its implementation was fast-tracked by the Trump administration and was expanded to more airports in the summer of 2017.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/18/18484581/us-airport-facial-recognition-departing-flights-biometric-exit

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/19_0417_fy18-entry-and-exit-overstay-report.pdf

Notable: >>6231606 Long Beach Port dig

>>6228098 /PB Q

>Long Beach Port

If anyone recalls, during the Napa digs, an anon traced a rail line from the Port of Long Beach through the Port of Oakland and terminating in Napa Valley.

Spade had a house up there about a mile a so away from NP with a property owned by the Backpage founders in between the two.

Notable: DJT: Anything the Russians did [re 2016] was done while Obama was president. …

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1119019875203153921

Notable: Justin Trudeau is unable to answer an uncomfortable question re prostitutes

>>6231386

NXIVM

Notable: Delta of Q drop and POTUS tweet = 00:45:55

Delta Of Q Drop And POTUS Tweet = 45:55

I take it POTUS agrees with Q's drop.

Time to release the Kraken.

Notable: Did Q team and Army bring in @Snowden?

Guise…..I think Q team and Army just brought in @snowden

Notable: POTUS and FLOTUS landed safely in Palm Beach for a long Easter weekend at Maralago.

Landed safely in Palm Beach for a long Easter weekend at Maralago.

6:44 PM - 18 Apr 2019

Notable: Sessions and Rosenstein both agreed with POTUS to fire James Comey?

Page 279 about the James Comey firing. Sessions and Rosenstein both agreed with POTUS to fire James Comey. Earlier POTUS got 3 (three) confirmations from Comey that he (POTUS) wasn't under investigation.

BOOM?

Trust the plan.

Notable: Venezuela skirts U.S. sanctions by funneling oil sales via Russia?

Venezuela skirts U.S. sanctions by funneling oil sales via Russia

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro is funneling cashflow from Venezuelan oil sales through Russian state energy giant Rosneft as he seeks to evade U.S. sanctions designed to oust him from power, according to sources and documents reviewed by Reuters.

The sales are the latest sign of the growing dependence of Venezuela’s cash-strapped government on Russia as the United States tightens a financial noose around Maduro, who it describes as a dictator.

With its economy reeling from years of recession and a sharp decline in oil production, Venezuela was already struggling to finance imports and government spending before Washington imposed tough restrictions on state oil company PDVSA in January.

Oil accounts for more than 90 percent of exports from the OPEC nation and the lion’s share of government revenues. Maduro has accused U.S. President Donald Trump of waging economic war against Venezuela.

Since January, Maduro’s administration has been in talks with allies in Moscow about ways to circumvent a ban on clients paying PDVSA in dollars, the sources said. Russia has publicly said the U.S. sanctions are illegal and it would work with Venezuela to weather them.

Under the scheme uncovered by Reuters, Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has started passing invoices from its oil sales to Rosneft.

The Russian energy giant pays PDVSA immediately at a discount to the sale price – avoiding the usual 30-to-90 day timeframe for completing oil transactions – and collects the full amount later from the buyer, according to the documents and sources.

Major energy companies such as India’s Reliance Industries Ltd - PDVSA’s largest cash-paying client - have been asked to participate in the scheme by paying Rosneft for Venezuelan oil, the documents show.

Rosneft, which has heavily invested in Venezuela under President Vladimir Putin, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Venezuela’s oil ministry, its information ministry - which handles media for the government - and PDVSA did not respond to questions.

Russia has loaned Venezuela almost $16 billion since 2006, which is being repaid in oil shipments, and has also taken significant stakes in petroleum projects, meaning it already controls a large slice of the South American country’s production.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-rosneft-exclusive-idUSKCN1RU2A4

Notable: >>6230756, >>6230840 Planefag: EOSIN06. Dark to light reference?

EOSIN06

E-6 plane with an odd callsign EOSIN06.

Notable: Chinese selling LBP? Too much scrutiny?

>>6230641

Looks like they're sellin'

Here’s who’s thinking about buying one of the Port of Long Beach’s busiest, most coveted terminals

The sale of one of the busiest container terminals at the Port of Long Beach – and in all of North America – has drawn interest from two large firms based in New York and two international investment groups.

Last month, it was announced that COSCO – Chinese owner of the Long Beach Container Terminal – had plans to sell the massive terminal in a process that would start in December. On Tuesday, Dec. 11, people familiar with the matter – who asked not to be identified because the information is private – told Bloomberg News that investment firms Blackstone Group LP and KKR & Co. are potential buyers.

Additionally, Sweden-based equity group EQT Partners and an arm of Macquarie Group Ltd., an investment banking group based in Australia, have also been studying a deal for the asset, the people said. The facility is valued at $1 billion or more, depending on the structure of a deal, the people said.

The nearly 200-acre facility imports a wide variety of goods — such as appliances and other electronics, garments, and furniture — from China, Taiwan and other Asian countries. Five unions have employees there, from longshoremen to clerks; and along with its sister terminal in Taiwan, it sees about 2.7 million containers go through it each year. So it represents significant economic output.

https://www.presstelegram.com/2018/12/13/heres-whos-thinking-about-buying-one-of-port-of-long-beachs-busiest-most-coveted-terminals/

Notable: Democrat boss about to drop the impeachment hammer.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/439633-ocasio-cortez-says-shell-sign-impeachment-resolution

Notable: >>6230873, >>6230888, >>6230915 Possible trafficking routes along highways and railways. (LBP)

highway 1 in Long Beach

10 & 40 freeways

Train tracks follow freeways in California

Long Beach to Las Vegas mebbe?

pic is train tracks.

Notable: Nadler has reportedly formally requested that Mueller testify before the House Judiciary Committee.

NEW: Rep. Jerry Nadler has reportedly formally requested that Special Counsel Mueller testify before the House Judiciary Committee because "we clearly can't believe what Attorney General Barr tells us." - The Hill

https://twitter.com/NewsBreaking/status/1119006004149014528

Notable: DJT Tweet: "It was a really great day for America! A special evening tonight on @TuckerCarlson, @seanhannity & @IngrahamAngle Will be very interesting!"

DJT

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1119004969191890944

Notable: >>6230623 Sara Carter: Adam Schiff-ting: Trump is Unpatriotic - Doesn't Matter If He's Innocent.

https://saraacarter.com/adam-schiff-ting-trump-is-unpatriotic-doesnt-matter-if-hes-innocent/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Notable: Facebook security lapse affects millions more Instagram users than first stated.

Facebook security lapse affects millions more Instagram users than first stated.

https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1119000843976683521

Notable: 3227 Nat. Guard tweet: 3227 Q crumb.

>>6230449

>He knows that he is fucked.

Notable: US Army Tweet: "Orderup!"

#Orderup!

twitter.com/USArmy/status/1118999049812758529

Notable: Planefag: Even more E3 Sentries in the skies.

>>6230370

>>6230333 lb trips

>>6230085 lb Planefag: 7 Sentry's and 3 Hawkeyes. Unprecedented.

I now see 2 hawkeyes (never seen one before!) and TEN, yes TEN E3 Sentries.

Agree it is QUITE REMARKABLE.

What's up???

Notable: US DoD: National Guard readiness.

They’re over 450,000 strong and can be mobilized at any moment to support efforts on the homefront or side by side with service members abroad.

Here are nine things you didn’t know about the @USNationalGuard.

#KnowYourMil

twitter.com/DeptofDefense/status/1118997632804958208

www.defense.gov/explore/story/Article/1812295/part-time-service-members-full-time-citizens/

Notable: Top lawmakers to get a chance to see the non-public Mueller report next week. (all redactions removed except Grand Jury info)

BREAKING: The Justice Department offers top lawmakers an opportunity to review a non-public version of the Mueller report next week - Reuters

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1118998756417052678

Notable: Planefag: 7 Sentry's and 3 Hawkeyes. Unprecedented.

Guys, I see 7 Sentry's and 3 Hawkeyes in the air right now, never seen this many at once before, been here since day one. We be listening!!

Notable: >>6230084, >>6230147 Q Photos connected? Possible flight path.

check it out

timestamps

it's actually 15:47 because qanon.pub doesn't account for daylight savings time

but they all still connect

Notable: Japanese investment company executives extradited on charges relating to $1.5 billion ponzi scheme.

Japanese Investment Company Executives Extradited on Charges Relating to $1.5 Billion Ponzi Scheme

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/japanese-investment-company-executives-extradited-charges-relating-15-billion-ponzi-scheme

Notable: >>6230113 You're dumb if you don't believe collusion. How the media gaslighting has polluted the justice system in America.

ONLY THE UPPER EAST SIDE SOPHISTICATED CLASS IS SMART ENOUGH TO SEE THE COLLUSION

THE REST OF US IGNORAMUSES IN THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA ARE TOO RETARDED TO UNDERSTAND

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2019/04/18/cnn-mueller-found-ton-collusion-only-sophisticated-people-see

Notable: DJT Tweet: "“Donald Trump was being framed, he fought back. That is not Obstruction.” @JesseBWatters"

DJT

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1118990550235877376

Notable: Gold Line is Adam Schiff's project.

https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2018/11/20/even-the-demise-of-prop-6-cant-speed-up-gold-line/

Gold Line is Adam Schiff's project.

http://acec-la.org/

Notable: Nunes calling for #SpyGate hashtag again (and memes).

Nunes calling for #SpyGate hashtag again (and memes)

Time to change the narrative.

Notable: Planefag: MH-60 Seahawk San Diego.

>>6229836

>>6229271 (lb)

MH-60 Seahawk San Diego.

Notable: 26 States now ban or restrict community broadband.

Report: 26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband

Many of the laws restricting local voters’ rights were directly written by a telecom sector terrified of real broadband competition.

A new report has found that 26 states now either restrict or outright prohibit towns and cities from building their own broadband networks. Quite often the laws are directly written by the telecom sector, and in some instances ban towns and cities from building their own broadband networks—even if the local ISP refuses to provide service.

The full report by BroadbandNow, a consumer-focused company that tracks US broadband availability, indicates the total number of state restrictions on community broadband has jumped from 20 such restrictions since the group’s last report in 2018.

Frustrated by slow speeds, limited availability, high prices and terrible customer service, more than 750 communities across the country have built their own broadband ISPs or cooperatives. Studies have shown these locally owned and operated networks tend to offer lower prices, faster speeds, and better customer service than their private-sector counterparts.

Instead of competing by offering better service—private sector telecom giants like Comcast and AT&T have routinely turned to a cheaper alternative: easily corrupted state lawmakers. In exchange for campaign contributions, lawmakers frequently and uncritically pass on model legislation written by industry and distributed by organizations like ALEC.

Often the restrictions are buried in other, unrelated legislation to try and avoid public scrutiny. For example in 2016, AT&T lobbyists attempted to include community broadband restrictions in a bill intended to address regional traffic issues.

BroadbandNow’s report looks at each state’s restrictions individually, and found that while some states simply banned community broadband outright (a notable assault on voters’ democratic rights), others impose clever but onerous restrictions on precisely how a local network can be funded, who they can partner with, or how quickly (and where) they’re allowed to grow.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzmana/report-26-states-now-ban-or-restrict-community-broadband

Notable: Kellyanne: We had Wisconsin. We didn't need WikiLeaks.

We had Wisconsin

We didn’t need WikiLeaks

Don’t lose sight of what an awful day this is for awful candidate with awful excuses for running awful campaign.

twitter.com/KellyannePolls/status/1118988617467203597

twitter.com/thehill/status/1118970956829974528

Notable: Port of Long Beach VP - Bonnie Lowenthal.

>>6229716

FFS the Port of Long Beach VP - Bonnie Lowenthal -

Since the late 1980s, Ms. Lowenthal has taken an active role in affordable housing. Appointed as Vice Chair of the Mayor’s Task Force on Homelessness in 1987, she has looked for mechanisms to house people and prevent homelessness. As a City Councilmember and the Chairperson of the city’s Housing and Neighborhoods Committee, she authored the Housing Trust Fund for the City of Long Beach and brought to Long Beach the first city-administered overnight shelter for single men and women. Most recently, Ms. Lowenthal chaired the Mayor’s Task Force on Affordable Housing for the city and provided recommendations to the Long Beach City Council.

Beginning in 1989, as Director of Planning for the United Cambodian Community, she also served as the Arts Manager representing a group of Cambodian musicians and began a Cambodian Children’s Orchestra. In 1991, Ms. Lowenthal traveled to Cambodia with a national Red Cross group to investigate the proliferation of landmines following wars in the country. She also helped initiate a sister-city relationship between Long Beach and Phnom Penh and was an official observer during Cambodia’s first municipal elections in more than 40 years. Ms. Lowenthal has also served as Clinical Director for the Cambodian Association of America and as a participant on the Cambodiatown Advisory Board.

Ms. Lowenthal currently serves her community on the St. Mary Medical Center Governing Board, the U.S. Vets Advisory Board, the Children Today Board of Directors, the Linc Housing Board of Directors and the Jewish Family and Children’s Service Board of Directors.

Notable: College admission scandal defendants mount aggressive defense.

Parents Punch Back: College Admission Scandal Defendants Mount Aggressive Defense, Preparing For "War"

On the same day that it was reported that Lori Loughlin's daughter may be the first student facing criminal charges in the college admissions scandal, it's also looking increasingly like many parents involved are preparing to fight the charges against them vigorously, according to Bloomberg. Some of the parents, including former TPG executive Bill McGlashan, ex-Pimco chief Douglas Hodge and TV sitcom veteran Lori Loughlin are assembling aggressive defenses, while others have already punched back. Many of the parents have the money to put up a serious legal fight on multiple fronts, which could make the case more than an open-and-shut formality for the government.

Peter Henning, a former federal prosecutor who teaches at Wayne State University Law School in Detroit said: “When you take on well-heeled clients, you’re inevitably inviting a battle. This is not going to be easy for the government.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-18/parents-punch-back-college-admission-scandal-defendants-mount-aggressive-defense

Notable: Q clock update. Re-read crumbs.

Q CLOCK UPDATE - RE-READ CRUMBS

Today's Q Clock :17

Who funds WW leftist events?

American taxpayer (subsidize).

How do you 'squeeze' funds out of the US?

Follow the EOs.

What has the D party done for the black pop?

What has the R party done for the black pop?

What has POTUS done in 1 year?

Today's :25/:55 Q Clock Mirror :33

The spirit cooking discovery is bigger that you know.

Follow Maria.

The Nazi order.

Enjoy the show tonight.

Think Mueller.

MEMES locked on target?

Fire when ready.

Today's 180-Degree Q Clock Mirror :47

The light will reveal those on the team and those pretending to be.

Coming soon to a theater near you.

@Snowden

Almost time.

Huber >> IG (Horowitz) >> Storch

See something

Say something

THIS IS ABOUT SAVING AMERICA. WRWY N1LB FG&C WWG1WGA!

Notable: Two crumbs about Long Beach.

>>6229682

Reposting:

Two Crumbs About Long Beach

(the pic from today is the third)

>Trace from China/MX to Long Beach.

>Trace to Port (Security Clearance Profile (L5)).

>Who granted?

>Hussein/HRC.

>AS.

>Feeling ok today?

>Why is the MX border / Long Beach Port so important?

>Tick TOCK (LLC).

Notable: Axelrod: Mueller Report ‘Virtually Inviting an Impeachment Probe’ from Congress.

Axelrod: Mueller Report ‘Virtually Inviting an Impeachment Probe’ from Congress

"The report provides a conundrum for Congress by virtually inviting an impeachment probe around the obstruction issue."

Democratic operative David Axelrod, who is best known for serving as chief strategist for Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns, said Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted final report virtually invites “an impeachment probe” for President Trump on Thursday.

Attorney General William Barr released a redacted version of Mueller’s final report regarding whether there was collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election. While Mueller’s final report found no evidence of collusion, there is still the question of whether Trump attempted to obstruct justice. “The report provides a conundrum for Congress by virtually inviting an impeachment probe around the obstruction issue,” Axelrod tweeted.

https://ntknetwork.com/axelrod-mueller-report-virtually-inviting-an-impeachment-probe-from-congress/

https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/1118902263882440704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Notable: >>6229973, >>6230032, >>6230108 1st & 10 on the 40 theories.

>>6229560 lb

1st and 10.

Pacific Highway 1 and 10th Street?

That is smack dab in the middle of Seal Beach area that Q dropped?

Notable: AF1 headed toward Florida.

AF1 HEADED TOWARD FLORIDA.

Notable: Air Canada flight travelling to Winnipeg diverted to Regina due to emergency.

Air Canada flight travelling to Winnipeg diverted to Regina due to emergency: Regina Airport

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/air-canada-flight-travelling-to-winnipeg-diverted-to-regina-due-to-emergency-regina-airport-1.4386185

Notable: Ninth Circuit denies Trump attempt to block California sanctuary law.

Ninth Circuit denies Trump attempt to block California sanctuary law:

https://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article229428279.html

Notable: Joint Forces Training Base.

>>6229391

Thank you anon

If Q wanted to focus on Port of Long Beach, they would have just had to tilt the camera up and to the left and zoom a little bit

This is to get us to focus on:

1. Seal Beach Naval Weapons Facility

2. Q Team is coming going from Los Alamitos Joint Military Base where W would fly in when he was POTUS

3. Long Beach Airport, which is sort of in the shot, but not really

I think it's either Seal Beach naval Weapons yard and/or Los Alamitos Joint Military Base where guess what…

THEY WOULD LAUNCH THE FUCKING NATIONAL GUARD TO ROUND PEOPLE UP FOR MILITARY TRIBUNALS WHEN INDICTMENTS ARE UNSEALED

Notable: Giuliani slams Mueller report as 'cheap shot'.

Giuliani slams Mueller report as 'cheap shot'

twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1118974897789767681

Giuliani says Mueller's report took a 'cheap shot' at Trump

thehill.com/hilltv/rising/439577-giuliani-says-muellers-report-took-a-cheap-shot-at-trump

Notable: Cliff Sloan redacted name in Mueller Report?

Cliff Sloan is probably name in the Mueller Report, next to Gregory Craig, who is still under investigation. Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

According to Skadden’s FARA registration, Gregory Craig was joined on the Ukraine work by Skadden partner Cliff Sloan, whose hourly rate was identified as $1,050. Craig’s rate, according to documents filed in connection with the registration, was $1,150 per hour.

https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2019/04/11/greg-craig-former-skadden-partner-charged-with-lying-about-ukraine-work/

Notable: >>6229239 Nunes statement on Mueller report.

Goodbye Russia Hoax! Hello #SpyGate !

Statement on Mueller Report

#MuellerDossier

twitter.com/DevinNunes/status/1118976810811678720

republicans-intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=936

Nunes Statement on Mueller Report

The Mueller report ignored a wide range of abuses committed during the FBI’s investigation of the Trump campaign. And now, with the revelation that the Special Counsel was authorized at the outset to investigate Carter Page for allegedly colluding with Russians to hack the election, it’s clear that false allegations from the Steele dossier played a major role not only in the FISA warrant application on Page, but in the appointment of the Special Counsel as well.

The biggest takeaway from the entire Russia hoax is that our nation’s counter-intelligence capabilities should never again be abused to target an administration’s political opponents. Those who colluded in this effort – the media, Fusion GPS, Democratic Party leaders in Congress, the Clinton campaign, and partisan intelligence leaders – should apologize to the innocent people they maligned and to the American people they deceived.

Notable: >>6229294 Queen Mary and creepy pool nearby.

Queen Mary nearby….has a very creepy pool, if you know what ah mean…

Notable: Long Beach Q drop.

Mack is naming names.

Big names in H-Wood / Gov’t (local/federal).

Proof.

The ‘Standard’ Hotel.

Helicopter crash.

All related.

Future will prove past.

AS.

Feeling ok today?

Why is the MX border / Long Beach Port so important?

Tick TOCK (LLC).

Q

Notable: DJT Tweet: "Today, I was thrilled to host the @WWP Soldier Ride once again at the @WhiteHouse. We were all deeply honored to be in the presence of TRUE AMERICAN HEROES…."

DJT

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1118976983797567488

Notable: Planefag: Callsigns FEAR 41 & 42 B-52s to go with RATS41 & 42, BOSSY86 E-6

>>6228986

>>6228942

FEAR 41 & 42 B-52s to go with RATS41 & 42.

BOSSY86 E-6

Notable: Canada extends deadline for Trans Mountain pipeline decision to June 18.

Canada extends deadline for Trans Mountain pipeline decision to June 18

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada has extended the deadline for a decision on whether to push forward with the expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline to June 18 from mid-May, the government said on Thursday.

The Trans Mountain expansion (TMX) project would nearly triple the amount of crude flowing from Alberta’s oil sands to British Columbia’s coast, but has been beset by regulatory delays and opposition from indigenous groups, environmentalists and the government of British Columbia.

Amarjeet Sohi, Canada’s minister of natural resources, said the delay would give the federal Liberal government more time to consult with indigenous groups impacted by the pipeline.

“The Government has consistently said that a decision would only be made on the project once we are satisfied that the duty to consult has been met,” he said.

However, Conservative shadow minister for natural resource Shannon Stubbs said the delay meant another summer construction season would likely be missed.

“There is also still a very real risk that the Liberals will cancel this project for political reasons,” she said in a statement.

Last August, the Canadian government bought the pipeline from Kinder Morgan Canada for C$4.5 billion ($3.37 billion) to ensure it gets built.

That came after Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal overturned the Liberal government’s 2016 approval to expand the pipeline. The court ruled Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) regulator had not considered marine impacts and the government had not adequately consulted indigenous groups.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government ordered a new NEB review of Trans Mountain last September, and in February the regulator recommended the government approve it a second time.

The NEB also made new recommendations to mitigate harm to Pacific Ocean killer whales, which environmentalists warn will face disruption from increased oil tanker traffic.

Alberta’s Premier-designate Jason Kenney, who won a landslide election victory in the oil-rich province on Tuesday, said he had spoken with Trudeau about the delay.

“I agree with the Prime Minister that they need to make sure they cross every ‘t’ and dot every ‘i’ when it comes to discharging the federal government’s duty to consult,” Kenney told a news conference. “We certainly do not want them to go back to the drawing board a third time on this.”

RBC Capital Markets analyst Michael Tran said the short delay to the decision would not materially impact the energy sector.

“The government is taking its time to make sure the right decision is made and it’s communicated the right way to the masses,” Tran said.

Trudeau’s Liberals face a federal election later this year in which the environment and pipelines will be major issues.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-pipeline/canada-extends-deadline-for-trans-mountain-pipeline-decision-to-june-18-idUSKCN1RU1LS?il=0

Notable: High res aerial of Q pic.

Q3313 Seal Beach, Ca

High Res

1st & 10 on the 40

10 1st Street in zip 907 40

is center of Q Pic

Notable: Police believe electrical short circuit responsible for Notre Dame fire.

Police believe electrical short circuit responsible for Notre Dame fire

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/police-believe-electrical-short-circuit-responsible-for-notre-dame-fire

Nevermind the person on the roof who appears to light the fire

Notable: About the city of Seal Beach.

>>6228890

all you wanted to know,

ABOUT THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH

Serving as the northern gateway to Orange County's 42 miles of coastline, this quiet, down-to-earth community is the perfect seaside destination to call home, visit, or locate your business. Seal Beach is named after the seals that once frequented its beachfront. Today, the city is filled with quaint neighborhoods and hometown appeal.

Wide, sandy expanses and several great surf spots make Seal Beach a favorite community among locals, and conditions are ideal for kitesurfing, windsurfing, and building sandcastles.

FUN FACTS

Location: On the coast, approximately 28 miles east of Los Angeles - between the cities of Long Beach and Huntington Beach.

County: Orange

Airport: Seal Beach is served by both the John Wayne (Orange County) Airport (SNA) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Seal Beach is 22 miles north of SNA and 27 miles south of LAX.

City Area: Seal Beach has a total area of 13.1 square miles. 11.3 square miles of this is land and 1.8 square miles is water.

Beach: 1.5 miles of beach, from 1st Street through Surfside

Pier: Seal Beach is home to the second longest wooden pier in the state of California. Originally built in the early 1900's, the pier was rebuilt in the 1980's after a storm destroyed two sections.

Parks: The current park system, as of May 2013, includes the operation of 18 parks for a total of 75.45 acres, four Community Centers, one Tennis Center, one Gymnasium (Indoor Sports Facility), and one Aquatics Facility.

Elevation: 15 feet above sea level

Rainfall: Average annual rainfall of 14 inches

Temperature: Average temperature ranges from 70º F in summer to 55º F in winter

Population: The population according to 2010 census is 24,168

City tree: Carob tree

City flower: Chrysanthemum

Government: Seal Beach is a Charter city, operating under the City Council-City Manager form of government.

City Council: The Seal Beach City Council is comprised of five members. Seal Beach's mayor is selected annually from among the City Council Members.

Employees: The City has approximately 100 full-time employees

Did you know that the City of Seal Beach was first known as Bay City, but there was already a Bay City located in Northern California? When the time came to incorporate on October 25, 1915, the town was named Seal Beach.

http://www.sealbeachca.gov/About-Seal-Beach

Notable: Los Alamitos City Council voted 4-1 to not be a sanctuary.

Los Alamitos-Seal Beach - This is Seal Beach, CA. They fought to not become a sanctuary city.

Mar 20, 2018

"There's been a real shift to a national, xenophobic acceptability in our society that is heartbreaking," said Rabbi Jonathan Klein, executive director of the Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice group, the Register reported. "We're in an era of open bigotry."

After two hours of testimony from residents, discussing both sides of the issue, the Los Alamitos City Council voted 4-1 to not be a sanctuary.

Council members in the majority said that California's so-called sanctuary law, SB-54, puts them at odds with the U.S. Constitution.

https://patch.com/california/losalamitos/los-alamitos-declares-sanctuary-sanctuary-city-law

Notable: Libyan loot in South Africa?

So, R2 trillion US$, hundreds of tons of gold & six million carats of diamonds from Libya stored in heavily-guarded bunkers in secret locations. All sitting in South Africa, under the ANC's watchful gaze…

4:52 AM - 7 Apr 2019

https://twitter.com/Deni707/status/1114858569835393024

https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/found-in-sa-libyas-trillions-1791851

Old News

Notable: POTUS Schedule: "POTUS and FLOTUS walk together to MarineOne on their way the Maralago for the Easter holiday. Do not stop to take Q's."

https://twitter.com/45_Schedule/status/1118972125556236288

Notable: Q in NCIS.

Saw this last night on SE5 EP17 of NCIS.

Enjoy…

Included link to the video clip if you want to watch it.

https://www.bitchute.com/video/fvl7hvOXrdXU/

Notable: Lexington began at about 5am. Q watch.

First shot fired "at about 5AM." 4:49 is about 5AM in my book.

Notable: Dapperpepeanon narrows down the 1st redaction's starting letter.

>>6227353 (lb) D-5 redactions

I was looking into what that section was about…ongoing prosecutions/investigations..page D-4 leading into blanked D-5 says the list is alphabetical by subject.

First is redacted second name is Cohen. So first one has to be a name that starts with A B or C before o

Abedin or Clinton come to mind…everything past "craig" is redacted so not much help there.

TLDR: I am guessing its either Huma or Hilldawg who are the first case.

Notable: Border-wall funding looks like it won’t divert $310 million in Southern California military construction. (Seal Beach)

>>6228305

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/04/12/border-wall-funding-looks-like-it-wont-divert-310m-in-so-cal-military-construction/amp/

Hmmmm prison?

Notable: Hannity: Democrats have lost and they don't know it.

https://twitter.com/seanhannity/status/1118953724209180673

Notable: Sara Carter article: Mueller’s Report Ends ‘WitchHunt’ But What’s About To Unfold Is The Real Story.

>>6228098

>https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1118947182286184449

screenshot of

https://saraacarter.com/muellers-report-ends-witchhunt-but-whats-about-to-unfold-is-the-real-story/

Notable: >>6228392, >>6228614 Seal Beach in Q's photo. (Long Beach Port)

>>6228098

That’s Seal Beach! Been there 4 times to load/unload ammunitions for WestPac deployment o7

Notable: US Army Tweet: "Do you know the Warrior Ethos?"

Repost

Bread 7963 [lb]

>>6227628

Do you know the Warrior Ethos?

twitter.com/USArmy/status/1118953756954112006

Notable: Sears sues ex-CEO Lampert, Steven Mnuchin for looting the company.

Sears Sues Ex-CEO Lampert, Steven Mnuchin For Looting The Company

Sears, or rather the company that formerly owned Sears and Kmart, has sued its ex-CEO, chairman and iconic investor Eddie Lampert and his hedge fund alleging they illegally stripped the retailer of assets in the years leading up to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The lawsuit accuses Lampert that while he headed the recently bankrupt company, he directed the transfer of billions of dollars in assets "for grossly inadequate consideration or no consideration at all" for the benefit of himself, his hedge fund ESL Investments and others, Reuters reported. In other words, Lampert allegedly "asset stripped" Sears of most of its attractive assets and personally benefited from the transfers.

The lawsuit, filed by Sears Holdings, targets about two dozen defendants, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who was previously an investor and board member of ESL and has been friends with Lampert for decades.

Sears Holdings - a bankrupt zombie company in every sense of the word - of which Lampert was formerly CEO, chairman and the largest investor, alleged that Lampert's moves "were unmistakably intended to hinder, delay and defraud creditors and/or occurred when the Company was insolvent and had insufficient capital to continue its operations and to repay its billions of dollars in debt."

Had Lampert been prevented to syphon off assets, "Sears would have had billions of dollars more to pay its third-party creditors today and would not have endured the amount of disruption, expense and job losses resulting from its recent bankruptcy filing," the lawsuit continue, and also alleges that Lampert "knew the Company had no plan to return to profitability" and worked "to create a false record to cover up their asset stripping, at Lampert’s personal direction," including "bad-faith predictions" of a "dramatic turn-around."

Two months ago, Lampert struck a last-minute deal to buy Sears assets out of bankruptcy, avoid a liquidation that would leave tens of thousands without a job, and keep about 400 stores open under a new entity called Transform Holdco.

However, as part of the deal, Sears Holdings, which sold assets Lampert, is still dealing with angry creditors who say that Lampert exploited them and profited from the retailer's descent.

ESL countered, saying in a statement that it "vigorously disputes" the lawsuit, calling them "baseless allegations and fanciful claims" that "are misleading or just flat wrong." According to the hedge fund, under Lampert's leadership, Sears used more than $2 billion in proceeds from asset sales to reduce the retailer's debt and fund its operations. The hedge fund said it did not receive favorable treatment, adding that the Sears board and independent directors authorized the deals in question.

"We are confident that the processes we followed for each of these transactions are unimpeachable," ESL said.

It was not immediately clear whether the lawsuit could disrupt the operations, or what's left of them, of the so-called New Sears.

Lampert came under fire over the past several years for his leadership, such a 2015 decision to sell certain valuable stores to a real estate investment trust called Seritage Growth Properties, where he had a significant ownership stake. Seritage is also targeted in the lawsuit. Lampert also faced scrutiny for loading Sears up with debt from his hedge fund.

Last June, USA Today reported that Lampert and ESL were collecting at least $200 million annually in debt payments from Sears and that Lampert had personally directed the company not to reinvest in major store upgrades.

Ahead of its October 2018 bankruptcy, Sears closed more than 3,500 stores and cut about 250,000 jobs in roughly the last 15 years as sales cratered.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-18/sears-sues-ex-ceo-lampert-steven-mnuchin-looting-company

(told you anon who keeps defending munchkins-read it and weep-and BTW you still have an active Treasury Sec charged with a federal crime, just sayin')

ESL Investments

Mnuchin worked as a vice-chairman of hedge fund, ESL Investments. After his service, Steven succeeded to establish the company as the SFM Capital Management together with the financier, George Soros.